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Post by TMan on Jul 21, 2018 9:20:07 GMT -5
You can bet that's at least what our old friend Jake will want if he puts up another 50 point season. Does he deserve that much? I say trade him somewhere for something.
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Post by stugats1 on Jul 22, 2018 9:37:15 GMT -5
got to either move him or extend him. cant let him walk free
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Post by TMan on Jul 22, 2018 11:25:26 GMT -5
Absolutely right Stu. Hopefully management learned from not moving JVR. I can see why they didn't but realistically looking at things there was no way the team we iced for the playoffs would have made it to the finals and it remains an issue. Jake is 28. He isn't going to change the way he plays. He may only really be easy to move at the trade deadline as a rental and I'm good with that. I'll be saying this all season.....we need to get more bite in our game....serious bite to be able to beat teams in both conferences. If MB can get it out of the players he has or Dubas goes and gets us some size/ grit....I don't care but as this team sits now....as good as it looks offensively...this is still not a deep playoff team IMO. If Jake can help us acheive that I am more than willing to see his 50 points go.
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Post by bwforever on Jul 22, 2018 19:57:35 GMT -5
Leafs are serious cup contenders this year. I don;t see them moving anyone at the deadline. If your going to move Jake, then the time is now.
I would like to see the leafs upgrade the top 4. reilley Hainsey Dermott aren;t going anywhere. Zaitsev has little value right now so no point dealing him.
the upgrade really has got to be replacing Gardiner but it is an upgrade/replacement not a dump for picks.
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Post by TMan on Jul 22, 2018 20:11:04 GMT -5
I’m just thinking teams might not want him on his last year of contract. A trade deadline deal might be more attractive. I just want him gone.
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Post by stugats1 on Jul 23, 2018 6:11:59 GMT -5
I think Jake could fetch a decent return
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Post by TMan on Jul 23, 2018 8:04:08 GMT -5
I was watching some Leaf highlights on you tube of some of the Leafs goals over last season and Jake was in on many of them. As much as I dislike him defensively he's not too shabby when he gets into the oppositions end. Somedays I never want to see him in a Leafs uniform and some days I think he's ok. It's usually this time of year I think he's ok. Lol.
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Post by bwforever on Jul 23, 2018 18:55:21 GMT -5
Babco*k feels Jake is the best leafs defensemen at making the first pass out of the zone and I tend to agree.
The only problem with the assessment is that the puck has to be on his stick heading out of the zone and not getting pulled out of the back of our net. Unfortunately its a crap shoot as to which scenario plays out when he's on the ice.
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Post by TMan on Jul 23, 2018 20:11:52 GMT -5
Babco*k feels Jake is the best leafs defensemen at making the first pass out of the zone and I tend to agree. The only problem with the assessment is that the puck has to be on his stick heading out of the zone and not getting pulled out of the back of our net. Unfortunately its a crap shoot as to which scenario plays out when he's on the ice. Lol. Ain't that the truth!! |
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